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On the MySpace private photos torrent

So, here is a scenario playing out live…
- Lots of people post things to social network sites.
- Some of these things are private (friends/family type of private).
- The users understand and follow the rules, and protect themselves.
- There is a bug in the system.
- Their private stuff is now available to anyone.
- Someone grabs the [...]

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IIW, OpenLifeBits, and Facebook’s Beacon

So, two weeks on, I write up my thoughts on my trip to IIW2007B at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
As I wrote over at claimID, we had an incredible few days. There was a new energy in the air this time as interoperability was assumed and a focus on services began to [...]

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Consolidation, paranoia, and IM-creeps oh my!

First, our friend the search engine…
Search data recently released from AOL allows anyone with some intrepid follow-up skills and some social engineering to quickly narrow in on unique individuals - individuals who never considered their independent searches were being aggregated by their ISP. A recent flurry of activity designed to protect us from the [...]

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Will Harris on the end of privacy and Web 2.0

Will Harris recently wrote about his views on the end of privacy. He blames the Web 2.0 phenomenon and all the data users are willingly posting and publishing on the network. Well, mostly he blames big business.
My firm belief is that the net effect of the Web 2.0 movement will be a marked [...]

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